TPC adds three health systems and expands to 10 members

TPC is adding Valley Medical Center & Clinics, Nebraska Methodist Health System and Salina Regional Health Center, bringing its membership to 10 independent health systems across the Pacific Northwest and Central Plains. The expansion broadens TPC’s reach, adds $6.7 billion in combined annual net patient revenue and deepens the group’s push to pair local control with shared scale, sourcing and AI-driven performance improvement.

Why it matters: - TPC is expanding its network of independent health systems while keeping each member locally controlled. - The addition of three systems grows TPC to 10 members with $6.7 billion in combined annual net patient revenue. - TPC says the model has already produced more than $825 million in validated savings and performance improvement over the past decade. - The expansion widens TPC’s footprint into the Pacific Northwest and the Central Plains.

What happened: - TPC added Valley Medical Center & Clinics in Renton, Washington; Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas; and Nebraska Methodist Health System in Omaha, Nebraska. - The membership increase brings TPC’s total to 10 independent health systems. - The new members extend TPC’s geographic reach into Washington, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. - The announcement also marks a combination with Mid-America Service Solutions, the Kansas-based supply chain aggregation group founded in 2008 and owned by Nebraska Methodist Health System and Salina Regional Health Center.

The details: - TPC is built for independent health systems and combines strategic sourcing, revenue cycle performance improvement and clinical performance improvement with shared analytics, benchmarking and execution. - TPC says savings and performance gains are documented, realized and retained by each member. - Valley Medical Center & Clinics is Washington state’s oldest and largest public hospital district and serves more than 625,000 residents of South King County. - Nebraska Methodist Health System operates hospitals and clinics and has a long record of leadership within Mid-America Service Solutions. - Salina Regional Health Center serves communities across North Central Kansas with hospitals, clinics and specialty services. - TPC, Mid-America Service Solutions and Valley shared a strategic sourcing partner, Vizient, which gives the new members continuity across many contract portfolios and supplier relationships. - The health systems will also gain access to TPC-optimized GPO agreements, sourcing enhancements, revenue cycle tools, clinical performance support and analytics capabilities. - TPC says its proprietary AI Innovations Lab is operating in a private, secure environment and is using more than 16 years of sourcing, revenue cycle and clinical performance data across its membership. - TPC says the AI effort is accelerating identification and implementation of measurable outcomes for all 10 members. - Each member system participates in TPC governance and committees and has an equal voice regardless of size.

Between the lines: - The move signals that independent health systems are still looking for scale without giving up local control. - TPC is positioning AI and shared analytics as a core part of its value proposition, not just an add-on to sourcing. - The integration of Mid-America Service Solutions suggests TPC is using established regional relationships to grow more efficiently. - TPC leadership framed the expansion as proof that collaboration can strengthen independence rather than dilute it.

What's next: - The new members will begin operating within TPC’s governance structure and shared initiatives. - TPC is expected to keep building around sourcing, revenue cycle, clinical performance and AI-enabled optimization. - Members will continue to pursue local control while using the larger network’s scale and contract leverage.

The bottom line: - TPC is betting that independent hospitals can get the benefits of a larger system without becoming one.